Puzzled!: An Introduction to Philosophizing
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Puzzled!: An Introduction to Philosophizing
By (Author) Richard Kenneth Atkins
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
5th March 2015
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge
Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology
Philosophy: logic
190
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Paperback
256
Width 140mm, Height 216mm
312g
Description
Each chapter begins with a traditional argument of a thoroughly puzzling kind: a validphilosophical argument with highly plausible premises but a surprising conclusion. The remainder ofthe chapter shows how major innovations in the history of philosophy arise as logical responses to thatargument.
Written with a light touch, Puzzled! nevertheless offers a rigorous introduction to the ideas it exploresand to the foundations of critical thinking itself. It will serve as effectively as a main or supplementarytext in an introduction to critical thinking as it will in Philosophy 101.
Author Bio
Richard Kenneth Atkins is Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Boston College.
